How to be a Pro Gamer? Eat a Healthier Diet!

It's true! People eat specific diets full of carbs for energy and essential vitamins and nutrients, along with the daily amount of water intake. People who have such healthy diets and get the nutrients they need, will most likely perform better than their Dunkin Donuts bretheren.

List of some vitamins and what they'll do for you:

Vitamin C: May Fight Stress (Stress is gained through various means, and isn't limited to physical stress, but can also be attributed to Emotional/Mental Stress)

Thiamine (B-1): Thiamine may enhance circulation, helps with blood formation and the metabolism of carbohydrates. Can help your reaction time and energy levels/energy output. Focuses on the brain and neurotransmission.

Riboflavin (B-2): Similar to Thiamine, works as a coenzyme in energy releasing reaction for various parts of the body,

Niacine (B-3): Similar to Thiamine and Riboflavin.

Vitamin B-5 Pantothetic Acid: Similar to other B-vitamins, also helps produce adrenaline.]

Biotin: Energy Metabolism

Vitamin A: Supports Vision Clarity

Sodium: Maintains fluid and electrolyte balance, supports muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmissions.

Potassium: Maintains fluid and electrolyte balance, cell integrity, muscle contractions and nerve impulse transmission

Magnesium: Protein building, muscular contraction, nerve impulse transmission

Iron: Carries oxygen throughout body's cells.

Copper: Needed for absorption and utilization of Iron

Caffeine: Stimulates many systems in your body, blood circulation, nerve impulse transmission, causes adrenal glands to release hormones into body, effects dopamine levels in the brain (as does sugar) that tends to give people a generally better feeling.

Vitamins C and B along with others are water-soluble and thus are very difficult to overdose on, so no worries about those!.

Also, the appropriate amount of sleep and exercise can also greatly increase your reaction speed, the blood-flow of your entire body (even the brain) and can be attributed to better awareness, feeling, attitude, and better performance as a whole.

So, you wanna become a better gamer? Eat like an athlete, drink all the water you need, get the right amount of sleep and even a bit of exercise. You will begin to see increased performances in your gameplay.

Good luck to you all, and I hope this information will help at least someone perform better.
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How to Become a Successful Pro Gamer Today

Is becoming a professional video gamer difficult or easy? It is neither difficult nor easy, but possible. You need to understand the process in which you develop to a real professional in the video gaming industry. It doesn't matter if you are aiming to become top in a sport or game, because the essential requirement always stay the same. There is a strategy and big learning curve before any person can become a pro. Let us have a look at two main aspects that play a part in developing targeted and required skills.

Technical skills:
Have you ever seen a professional video gamer who couldn't master the technical part of a particular game? If you really want to become super successful in the video gaming industry which is one of the best paid in the entire world, you need to have training in front of your console, arcade or PC. As you can see, there are many different areas in which you can be successful in video gaming. You normally start off playing against the computer at the easiest mode and level so that you can experience success there. The most successful professional video gamers are the ones who trained themselves the most. It is not just about how long you play, but also about which levels and opponents you play. There is no shortcut and easy way to play and win against the best video gamers in the entire world. However, if you want to make a living with this profession you need to play other gamers who have the monetary resources to play in the biggest games.

Mindset skills:
You have to get used to both winning and losing. At the beginning you will very likely face more loses than wins, so you need to be mentally prepared for downswings and loses. Make sure to accept loses well and see it as the chance to improve your skills and techniques in the industry. Playing against other pro gamers on the internet where you bet a lot of money is a very challenging opportunity. Only after playing some decent hours, if not even days or weeks you will get a feeling for your opponent and will have a chance to estimate his state of mind. Most amateur video gamers have no idea about the mindset part of the game, and quit when they are losing or continue playing merely for fun. But a true professional sees every defeat and victory as the ultimate opportunity to move forward.
It doesn't matter if you are playing console, PC, or arcade games because the strategy is always the same. Every professional video gamer gives his best to develop new skills and techniques against each individual opponent.

When you play any game, are you a leader of that group? Do you think strategically when you play any game?

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How to Become a Professional Gamer

Anyone who regularly enjoys playing video games will have been told at some point that their wasting their time. The people that tell you this have failed to realize just how huge and profitable the industry is. People all across the world play the same games on the same consoles and the biggest titles can gross billions of dollars. If you're passionate and knowledgeable about video games, there's no reason why you can't grab a slice of the money!

1. Sell Tips, Cheats and Strategy Guides
If you've got a particular game nailed, you can turn your expertise into cash. You could write an eBook outlining strategies and walkthroughs for the game, or you could even offer up saved game files with all accomplishments unlocked, either through your own web site or eBay.

2. Write about Video Games
This is one of the areas of making money from video gaming that has a very low barrier to entry. If you can string a sentence together you can write reviews and articles on video games and sell them on online article sites. If you're good enough, you can try and get a job with one of the many video games magazines and turn writing about video games into a real and lucrative career.

3. Become a Games Tester
When video games developers invest big sums into their latest titles, they want to make sure that they're going to actually work. All the big developers need committed gamers to test out their latest titles and there are a number of sites dedicated to helping you find the jobs available with these companies.

4. Become a Games Developer
There are plenty of university and college courses dedicated to giving you the skills necessary to carve out a career at one of the big games developers. If you can get your head around computer programming, you could wind up working on the biggest titles for consoles like the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
The proliferation of games and apps for platforms like the iPhone has made it possible for anyone to develop games and sell them from the comfort of their own homes. If you're idea is good enough, you could become one of the many developers to make huge sums creating and selling their games.

5. Become a Pro Gamer
If you're an outstandingly good gamer, you may want to consider packing up and moving to South Korea. Pro gamers there compete in tournaments with big cash prizes and the events are even televised. You'll need to be a really exceptional gamer to go to tournaments. Train hard and don't give up!

If you follow those five steps, I will guarantee that you will improve a lot! What I want to know from you is: What are you going to pick and try to be professional at: Xbox 360, Ps3 or PC? Or maybe all of them?

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